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OpenAI to Test Image Ads Inside ChatGPT
OpenAI is adding a new kind of advertising to ChatGPT: images of sponsored products and services showing up right on your screen. According to The Verge, the company will begin testing this ad format in the US later this month. At first, these ads will appear when users generate images with ChatGPT, OpenAI said in a Monday announcement. This isn't OpenAI's first move into advertising on the chatbot, but it marks an expansion into visual promotions tied directly to image generation. The change could affect how millions of ChatGPT users experience the tool, especially those who rely on it to create pictures, as the line between AI assistance and advertising starts to blur.
Words to know
- ChatGPT
- — An AI chatbot made by OpenAI that can answer questions, write text, and generate images.
- Ad format
- — The specific way an advertisement is designed and displayed to users.
- Image generation
- — Using AI to create pictures from text descriptions typed by a user.
- OpenAI
- — The company that created ChatGPT and other AI tools.
Summary written from The Verge's headline and teaser